ABSTRACT

Featuring seminal work in the philosophies of mathematics and language, this comprehensive and assiduously edited collection also makes available his provocative and controversial views on religion and international relations.

part |2 pages

Part I Autobiographical Asides

chapter 1|6 pages

MY RELIGIOUS REMINISCENCES

chapter 2|14 pages

MY MENTAL DEVELOPMENT

chapter 3|5 pages

ADAPTATION: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL EPITOME

chapter 4|5 pages

WHY I TOOK TO PHILOSOPHY

part |2 pages

Part II The Nobel Prize Winning Man of Letters (Essayist and Short Story Writer)

chapter 5|3 pages

HOW I WRITE

chapter 6|7 pages

A FREE MAN’S WORSHIP

chapter 7|27 pages

AN OUTLINE OF INTELLECTUAL RUBBISH

part |2 pages

Part III The Philosopher of Language

chapter 9|11 pages

LANGUAGE

chapter 10|13 pages

SENTENCES, SYNTAX, AND PARTS OF SPEECH

chapter 11|6 pages

THE USES OF LANGUAGE

chapter 12|6 pages

THE CULT OF ‘COMMON USAGE’

part |2 pages

Part IV The Logician and Philosopher of Mathematics

chapter 13|4 pages

SYMBOLIC LOGIC

chapter 14|7 pages

ON INDUCTION

chapter 15|5 pages

PREFACE TO PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA

chapter 16|3 pages

INTRODUCTION TO PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA

chapter 17|1 pages

SUMMARY OF PART III: PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA

chapter 18|3 pages

SUMMARY OF PART IV: PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA

chapter 19|3 pages

SUMMARY OF PART V: PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA

chapter 20|2 pages

SUMMARY OF PART VI: PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA

chapter 22|9 pages

MATHEMATICS AND LOGIC

chapter 23|7 pages

THE VALIDITY OF INFERENCE

chapter 24|16 pages

DEWEY’S NEW LOGIC

chapter 25|9 pages

JOHN DEWEY

part |2 pages

Part V The Epistemologist

chapter 27|5 pages

THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

chapter 28|5 pages

EPISTEMOLOGICAL PREMISSES

part |2 pages

Part VI The Metaphysician

chapter 29|10 pages

MATERIALISM, PAST AND PRESENT

chapter 30|6 pages

LANGUAGE AND METAPHYSICS

chapter 31|6 pages

THE RETREAT FROM PYTHAGORAS

part |2 pages

Part VII The Historian of Philosophy

chapter 32|16 pages

PHILOSOPHY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

chapter 33|7 pages

ARISTOTLE’S LOGIC

chapter 34|10 pages

ST THOMAS AQUINAS

chapter 36|8 pages

THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOGICAL ANALYSIS

part |2 pages

Part VIII The Psychologist

chapter 37|9 pages

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CAUSAL LAWS

chapter 38|16 pages

TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD

chapter 39|7 pages

KNOWLEDGE BEHAVIOURISTICALLY CONSIDERED

part |2 pages

Part IX The Moral Philosopher

chapter 40|6 pages

STYLES IN ETHICS

chapter 41|7 pages

THE PLACE OF SEX AMONG HUMAN VALUES

chapter 42|10 pages

INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL ETHICS

chapter 43|24 pages

‘WHAT I BELIEVE’

chapter 44|9 pages

THE EXPANDING MENTAL UNIVERSE

part |2 pages

Part X The Philosopher of Education

chapter 45|12 pages

EDUCATION

chapter 46|17 pages

THE AIMS OF EDUCATION

chapter 47|5 pages

EMOTION AND DISCIPLINE

chapter 48|8 pages

THE FUNCTIONS OF A TEACHER

part |2 pages

Part XI The Philosopher of Politics

chapter 50|14 pages

PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS

chapter 51|11 pages

POLITICALLY IMPORTANT DESIRES

chapter 52|4 pages

WHY I AM NOT A COMMUNIST

part |2 pages

Part XII The Philosopher in the Field of Economics

chapter 53|15 pages

PROPERTY

chapter 54|11 pages

DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM

chapter 55|8 pages

THE THEORY OF SURPLUS VALUE

part |2 pages

Part XIII The Philosopher of History

chapter 56|7 pages

ON HISTORY

chapter 57|5 pages

THE MATERIALISTIC THEORY OF HISTORY

chapter 58|14 pages

HISTORY AS AN ART

part |2 pages

Part XIV The Philosopher of Culture: East and West

chapter 60|8 pages

EASTERN AND WESTERN IDEALS OF HAPPINESS

part |2 pages

Part XV The Philosopher of Religion

chapter 61|12 pages

THE ESSENCE OF RELIGION

chapter 62|9 pages

WHAT IS AN AGNOSTIC?

chapter 63|13 pages

WHY I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN

chapter 64|8 pages

CAN RELIGION CURE OUR TROUBLES?

part |2 pages

Part XVI The Philosopher and Expositor of Science

chapter 65|8 pages

PHYSICS AND NEUTRAL MONISM

chapter 66|5 pages

SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

chapter 67|8 pages

LIMITATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD

chapter 68|7 pages

THE NEW PHYSICS AND RELATIVITY

chapter 69|12 pages

SCIENCE AND VALUES

chapter 70|14 pages

NON-DEMONSTRATIVE INFERENCE

part |2 pages

Part XVII The Analyst of International Affairs

chapter 71|19 pages

THE TAMING OF POWER

chapter 72|6 pages

IF WE ARE TO SURVIVE THIS DARK TIME—

chapter 73|5 pages

WHAT WOULD HELP MANKIND MOST?

chapter 74|7 pages

CURRENT PERPLEXITIES

chapter 75|5 pages

WORLD GOVERNMENT

chapter 76|6 pages

THE NEXT HALF-CENTURY

chapter 77|6 pages

LIFE WITHOUT FEAR

chapter 78|10 pages

SCIENCE AND HUMAN LIFE

chapter 79|4 pages

OPEN LETTER TO EISENHOWER AND KHRUSHCHEV

chapter 80|5 pages

MAN’S PERIL